April, 1912 
AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS iil 
dozen day-old chicks and raise them for | 
their meat. Fanciers who want to get birds 
of a particular strain secure them in this 
way. And the amateur who starts his little | 
poultry plant late in the season finds this 
plan a particularly satisfactory one. If he 
desires to buy a few pullets to give him 
immediate returns, the expense will not be 
great. 
him from fifteen cents each up to very 
much more, depending upon where he buys | 
them and whether he seeks ordinary utility | 
stock or extra choice specimens. 
When the chicks arrive they must be 
~brooded and two or three motherly hens 
may be secured. Very likely, though, the 
amateur will want to use a brooder. At this 
season out-door brooders: are very easily 
managed, and when they are used the chicks 
may be given a grass run. Fireless brood- 
ers may be used successfully, too, if the 
chicks are given a little extra care at first 
until they learn to seek cover when 
cold. Many people are very successful 
with these brooders, some of which cost 
only two dollars or even less, and they 
may be used in the room of the dwelling 
house or on the porch or even in a shed. 
It is desirable to have plenty of fresh air 
for the chicks and this may be secured by 
making a light frame to fit in one of the 
windows and covering it with muslin, 
which will allow a current of air to pass 
through but will keep out the wind. 
LOVE IN A GARDEN 
By MAUD BISHOP BURNS 
She was a Canterbury Bell 
And he was a London Pride— 
The gay Cockscomb of that flowery dell 
And he Aster to be his bride. 
But the lady wished to Marigold; 
There was None-so-pretty as she. 
And she took no Stock, so I’ve been told, 
In a lover so poor as he. 
Said he, “Be mine, sweet Columbine. 
Give your Tulips to me 
And ease this Bleeding Heart of mine.” 
She said, “It cannot be.” 
I want to live in a Golden Glow, 
Not in a Meadow Sweet, 
I must have Phlox, where’er I go, 
Of admirers at my feet. 
Sweet William then, before he Rose, 
Did Balsam at her feet. 
But when she said, “Now Johnny-jump-up,” 
His misery was complete. 
Said he, “I go, cruel Columbine 
Forget-me-not, sweet lady, 
And a Bachelor’s Button you will find 
Tl wear forever—maybe. 
Just then Jon Quil came passing by— 
A Dande-lion he. 
Said he, “Forgive me, if I spy, 
But what is this I see?” 
My sister, Prim Rose waits at home, 
The Pink of propriety. 
You said at Four-o’clock you’d come 
And she your bride would be. 
With that Sweet William got him hence, 
But Columbine did stand 
Until Jon Quil reached o’er the fence 
And took her by the hand. 
He said, “Be mine, my sweet Bride-Rose. 
I'll ask Poppy to-day, 
And he can dry some Widow’s Tears 
When you have gone away.” 
The lady dressed her Maiden’s Hair 
With a lovely Bridal Wreath; 
Her Lady’s Slippers she did wear, 
And they walked across the heath. 
Until they came to the edge of the wood, 
To the spot where Jack-in-the-Pulpit stood, 
And at Four-o’clock, I’ve heard it said, 
Jon Quil and Columbine were wed, 
The newly-hatched chicks will cost |}, 
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